Hawkeynut wrote:JSportsnet: Can confirm the Sens are flying to Pittsburgh today...so as @SunGarrioch reported, it looks like Tuesday start. (2 minutes ago from Twitter for BlackBerry®)

With Spezza getting healthy, i would think the pens would be wanting to start as soon as possible.

I welcome Spezza back. He better be 100%, with back issues you never know. Anything to disrupt their room is welcomed by me. Sure Spezza is a talented center but this Sens club has managed quite well without him, adding him might be a chemistry hindrance at this point.

I don't see him coming back until late in this series at best. Might be earlier if the Sens get into trouble.

C4 Row E wrote:If this is true, it needs to be officially announced now. How can people possibly make travel plans if this is not released until this evening?

The league had to have these plans in place yesterday. Last night's games did not change anything. This affects employees at the arenas, hotel rooms, fans travel and work schedules, etc. Why not release the information?

One other comment: NBC has to be rooting heavily for Boston tonight. They do not want the 2 Eastern series to both have Canadien teams. This takes the games off afternoon weekends due to Hockey Night in Canada, and they also lose a major US market if Boston loses. They caught a break with Detroit winning so they can still show CHI-DET on a weekend afternoon. I have no problem with this, evening games are much better.

Don't know but Friday and Saturday night would be nice to get together with my freinds for weekend hockey playoff fest. We just can't watch a game on a weeknight since we all got kids. Just don't be a noon start on Saturday!!!